Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Minnesota New Country School

Recipient Type

K-12 Education

Status

Completed

Start Date

October 2015

End Date

June 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Blue Earth

Brown

Le Sueur

Nicollet

Sibley

Waseca

Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project

Project Details

Provide eight arts and cultural field trips for students during the 2015-16 school year. Activities are divided amongst several grade levels and include: Minnesota Children’s Theater performance of The Wizard of Oz, Minnesota Orchestra concert, Guthrie Th

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Jessica Barens: Waseca Community Education Advisory Council member; Denice Evers: retired teacher, volunteer with Springfield Community Theater; Diane Harms: singer with Saint Peter Choral Society and Minnesota Valley Chorale; Charles Luedtke: retired college Professor of Music, member of the American Guild of Organists Sioux Trails Chapter; Joe McCabe: Saint James City Manager, volunteer with Saint James Community Theater; Randy Mediger: retired principal and teacher, charter member of LeSueur Community Theater; Lauren Shoemaker: music instructor at Saint Peter Public Schools; Dana Sikkila: visual artist, Executive Director of 410 Project Gallery, Mankato; Carol Soma: retired Language Arts teacher, volunteer with Kee Civic Theatre; Bonnie Taplin: member of Red Rock Center for the Arts; Dennis Van Moorlehem: retired teacher, volunteer for Sibley County Fair Board and community festivals; Gina Wenger: Professor of Art at Minnesota State University-Mankato; Greg Wilkins: visual artist, Director of Student Activities at Minnesota State University-Mankato.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$400

Direct expenses

$4,400

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The number of Minnesotans who are engaged in arts education and learning opportunities increases. The quality and types of arts education and learning opportunities in our region, and the organizations or venues that offer them increases. Real or perceived barriers to arts learning are identified and addressed. They will develop a short online survey for students to answer a basic satisfaction questionnaire about each art and cultural field trip they attend. Staff will use the information gathered from these surveys to evaluate the successfulness of the grant and to see if goals were met. Each student will be required to write a one page lifelong learning experience summary for each trip they attend.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The number of Minnesotans who were engaged in arts education and learning opportunities increased. The quality and types of arts education and learning opportunities in our region, and the organizations or venues that offered them increased. Real or perceived barriers to arts learning were identified and addressed.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Jamie Schaffer, Sarah Nelson, Kelly Okerman, DeAnna Petersen, Paul Jaeger, Jim Nytes, Jennifer Brunick, Nichole Kotasek

Project Manager

Jake

Zeiher

Minnesota New Country School

210 Main St

Henderson

56044-0488